This 9 months programme is provided by the International Institute for Educational Planning of UNESCO (IIEP) and organized annually, from September to June, at IIEP, Paris, France. Training is conducted in English and French.

Intensive training course on ESM for a core group of 20 planners from the Iranian MOE. The course materials including the Model have been designed and tested at the course. MoE applied the ESM for planning and training at central and provincial levels since 2006.

Training course in the use of ESM for plan implementation at central and decentralized levels. Designed in the context of modernization of public sector management, the course uses Models specifically adapted to three country cases in South Asia.

An intensive training aimed at developing decentralized education planning capacity at provincial level, in particular in the use of ESM. It was conducted as part of a vast programme by the Government of Viet Nam to modernize public sector management.